Hurricane Ivan wasn't quite as mean to Fayette County as it was elsewhere.

But we did get 6 inches of rain, much of it coming in a short time frame,

leaving some streets temporarily flooded. And there was a report of a possible

tornado sighting in south Fayette County, said Capt. Pete Nelms of the Fayette

County Department of Fire and Emergency Services.

The tornado was reported around 4 p.m., shortly after the National Weather

Service issued a tornado warning for Fayette County, Nelms noted.

Tornado warning sirens were heard wailing in Fayetteville in Peachtree City

at the height of the storm.

There were also scattered power outages all over the county, officials said.

In Peachtree City, a tree caused significant damage to a home on Park Leaf

while several other homes had minor damage from trees, said Assistant Fire

Chief Ed Eiswerth. There was also some minor flooding in Tinsley Mill Village

off Lake Peachtree, but no water got into any of the homes there, he said.

Early wind blasts from Ivan also took down the traffic light at the intersection

of Ga. Highway 74 and Cooper Drive.

Peachtree City was helped tremendously because so many utility lines are

buried underground, Eiswerth said, thus eliminating the problem of lines

cut by falling trees.

In Fayetteville, several townhomes at the Jeff Davis Intown development

had a minor amount of flooding and a few other homes had water come near -�but

not inside - the structure, said Assistant Fire Chief Linda Partridge.

"We fared very well," Partridge said.

No injuries were reported in Peachtree City or Fayetteville, officials said.

Peachtree City resident Scott Allen had a large pine tree fall on his home

at 313 Park Leaf in the Center Green subdivision. He wasn't home when

it happened but was impressed that firefighters moved a number of things

from upstairs -�where they might get wet - to his garage area where

they would stay dry.

At first, he didn't know what had happened, and his first thought was

that "someone was looting" the house.

Allen said he came home in the dark late in the evening and at first couldn't

figure out why his garage door wouldn't open. It was because power had

been shut off to the home because of the fire hazard, he said.

Another home in north Fayette was struck by a falling tree, and three persons

from that incident were sheltered overnight by the American Red Cross, Nelms

said.

The county's road department did a good job of helping keep roadways

clear, as trees and other debris caused problems at 22 different locations

in unincorporated Fayette County, Tyrone, Brooks and Woolsey, Nelms said.

The department also responded to four homes with minor flooding issues.

While the monetary damage may mount, it won't be as high as after Hurricanes

Alberto and Opal almost 10 years ago, Nelms noted.